Our bollywood songs know very well how to reach our hearts and each and every aspect of our lives. Any kind of emotion,any kind of event you name and we have plentiful of songs for each of them.Sometimes just a simple song which you hum everyday tells you the biggest secret of life. They teach you how to love,how to live,dream,aspire. I always tune to my favorite number whenever I feel low and it almost always works. Sometimes it is just the music or sometimes I really find the answer in the lyrics. The song "Phir dekhiye" from bollywood movie Rock On is one of such favorites of mine. I really love the tune and the melodious voice of the singer but I never appreciated its lyrics. It says "Khush hai wahi jo thoda betaab hai..."
The line when translated to English will be read as "Happy is the one who is restless". I never ever understood this. How can one be happy when he is restless! Restless for something which he really wants. I have always been of the opinion that only he who is complacent and content in life is happy. Others are just running after nothing. They think that they will be happy after achieving something but that never happens. If they achieve they keep on aspiring for something else.This all pursuit of happiness looks so irrelevant in the bigger picture. People will always want this or that in life and they will be unhappy if they don't get it. That's the reason for all the unhappiness in the world. But not all the people who are striving for something are unhappy if you look at it closely. There are some people who enjoy the means more than the end and the joy and the satisfaction they get for putting the efforts towards what they desire. Also what if everyone became complacent and happy in whatever they have and stopped aspiring and dreaming for anything more. The world will come to a standstill. Without a dream, without a passion, without a desire to find something new everything will become stagnant. Be it your career, a relationship, a hobby, anything in your life for that matter.
So if you want to be really happy in life do not think of being content. You have to be betaab like the song tells you. Be restless. Set new goals for yourself in your career and work hard for them. Enjoy the enormous efforts put in. Don't get satisfied or you will be finished. And that doesn't only restrict to your career aspirations. This betaabi has to be there in everything. Don't just be happy reminiscing about your last vacation and keep planning for new ones don't even bother whether they materialize or not. Plan for new adventures, play new games,read new,write new. Explore new restaurants and joints. Eat new, drink new. If your relationship with people is good, don't just stop there. Talk to them and express your love to them, surprise them. One of the latest bollywood songs went even further and quoted, "Dilo mein apni betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho to jinda ho tum" otherwise you are dead or rather there is no difference between you and the dead. Indeed our bollywood has all the answers to life. Bollywood rocks!!
